Ireland day 0606. Saturday 27 May 2023- Camaderry Long DWC
Today’s summary | I did a long circular Club walk around Glendalough taking in Lough Ferrib and Camaderry. Val had a day off and cycled to Howth and back. Longest walk since hip operation and thoroughly enjoyed it. | ||||
Today’s weather | Dry and bright with long sunny spells in the morning and evening. hardly any wind, even up high. Appx 18C in valley | ||||
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Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route) |
Close-up location (The red line shows where we walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Lugduff Ferrib Turlough and Camaderry loop |
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
Just a short blog as it’s getting late and we have another very early start tomorrow.
But a momentous day, because I did a long 26km walk right round the Glendalough valley, taking in at least six summits and the tiny, high altitude Lough Ferrib (in the banner image) along the way on a fabulous day out with the walking club. Val decided not to come, as she’d just done a 4 day shift at the museum and quite understandably wanted a bit of a rest. (Nevertheless she still managed to cycle to the top of Howth and back – at least 30km).
The walk was extremely enjoyable – the longest, by far, since my hip operation, and actually I think the longest since we came to Ireland nearly 2 years ago. I was so pleased to do it, and almost without pain, too. Plus it was a lot of new territory for me, and I was especially pleased to get up the Camaderry ridge (above Lough Nahanagan) as I’d been wanting to do it for some time.
But I must stop now as I have some packing to do…
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
Max elevation: 701 m
Min elevation: 128 m
Total climbing: 1147 m
Total descent: -1147 m
Total time: 09:15:09